Operations Managers for Nutrition Hosts sought for two newly created positions at the Nutrition Unit at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

At Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital we have a clear vision: We want to be Denmark's beacon within nutritional treatment

Are you passionate about leadership, development and change processes in a dynamic organization? Do you have an interest in hosting, food and nutrition, and do you thrive with daily operations and staff leadership? Do you also want to be part of a clinical environment where food and nutrition are an important part of the patients' treatment? Then you may be one of our new operations managers in the Nutrition Unit.

We are in the process of building a new organization that shall ensure that patients receive the right food and drink, and that their nutritional needs are supported throughout their entire staying. The goal is to make nutrition an integrated part of patient treatment.

We are seeking 2 operations managers who can see opportunities in establishing something new while also creating structure, direction and stability in daily operations. We do not expect every solution to be predetermined. Instead, we expect you to want to involve employees, collaborate across professional groups and take responsibility to ensure that we succeed with the task.

About the position and your areas of responsibility

In the Nutrition Unit under FM-Kitchen and Nutrition you will be part of a management team with three other operations managers. As the operations manager for Nutrition Hosts you will have your own area of responsibility, where you will lead a dedicated team of nutrition hosts.

You will have close collaboration with your fellow operations manager for Nutrition Hosts as well as the operations managers in the Kitchen. In addition, you will have a wide collaborative interface with the hospital’s clinical departments, clinical dietitians and the kitchen.

FM-Kitchen and Nutrition work continuously with new goals that shall raise the standard for food for patients in the hospital. We prepare all food from scratch with focus on high quality and have professionally skilled staff. We hold the Organic Dining Mark in gold and are the Swan label.

Your overall task will be to manage leadership in a broad sense

• Strategic leadership: You translate the overarching strategies into meaningful and practically relevant goals for your staff.
• Professional leadership: You support professional development and innovation in daily life, involve employees in goals, decisions and tasks, ensure the right competencies and develop talents. You also facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration within the organization.
• People leadership: You ensure daily task execution and create well-being and a good working environment through openness and trust. You handle conflicts timely and support employees’ professional and personal development.
• Operations leadership: You promote a culture of continuous improvements and systematic follow-up on operational goals. You ensure effective goal attainment and resource utilization with focus on quality, productivity, satisfaction and delivering food to patients.

Your concrete areas of responsibility include

• Leadership of development and change processes.
• Daily operations of the nutrition host organization focusing on patients’ needs for food and drink.
• Development of tools and workflows that support the best possible organization around patients’ meals and nutrition.
• Shift planning in Optima.
• Coaching and competence development of the staff.
• Ensuring staff well-being and conducting absence interviews, performance reviews and recruitment interviews.

Our FM unit works at a fast pace, and the workdays are varied. Therefore we are looking for someone who thrives in a changing daily life with tight deadlines and many different tasks.

Who are you?

We expect that you

• Have leadership experience and preferably a relevant leadership education as well as experience with change processes.
• Have a background in food and/or nutrition and a particular interest in hosting and patients’ nutritional needs.
• Thrive in daily dialogue with staff and are able to create engagement and following.
• Have strong communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Are development-oriented and can work across disciplines with understanding of nutrition’s importance in a clinical environment.
• Have good IT skills and an interest in data-driven leadership.
• Are solution-oriented, independent, responsible and action-oriented.
• Work in a structured and meticulous way and are able to translate ideas and strategies into concrete actions.
• Have a process-oriented approach and at the same time a practical understanding of everyday tasks.
• Thrive with deadlines and changes without losing focus on quality and detail.
• Are motivated by working in a clinical environment and can engage in a constructive dialogue with the hospital’s clinical specialties.
• Are creative, curious and visionary.
• Are adaptable and can handle several projects and tasks concurrently.

What do we offer?

We offer you

• A dynamic workplace in constant development with a special focus on food, meals and nutrition.
• The opportunity to help develop a completely new area with the patient at the center.
• A varied and challenging leadership role with the opportunity to influence the organization's development.
• A positive working environment with engaged and professionally skilled colleagues.
• Ongoing competence development through courses, projects and collaboration with advisers and consultants.
• A positive and dynamic workplace with good opportunities for professional sparring and social interaction.

Employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week in an inspiring and dynamic work environment.

Salary and pension are determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement for managers in the Health sector (32.26).

Starting 1 November or after agreement

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact

Tanja Krogsbæk

Head of Nutrition Hosts

Phone: 29 13 64 66

Email: [email protected]

Application deadline

Send your application, CV and education certificates online via Job search no later than 26 October 2026 at 12.00 .

Interviews will be held on 28 October

About us

The Facility Management Unit, commonly referred to as the FM unit, consists of 550 employees spread across five service sections, all delivering services of the highest quality so that the hospital’s clinical departments have the best prerequisites to perform their work – all for the benefit of the patients. The FM unit is not just a service organization; we are part of the treatment itself.

Application deadline: 26 October 2026

Location: Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital